Television: God & Betty Crocker

"What we try to do," says the producer of NBC's daily nuptial show,
Bride and Groom, "is to give the ordinary American girl a chance to
have a big wedding on TV just like Grace Kelly and Queen Elizabeth."
Nonetheless, for ten seasons, comedians, critics and the Roman Catholic
Church have heaped scorn on the show's televised weddings. One objector
paraphrased the commercial-mottled script: "Whomsoever God and Betty
Crocker hath joined together . . ." Another said: "Bride and Groom is
as embarrassing as watching your girl friend publicly eating peas off
her...